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Last month, local residents of the coastal Zhejiang province said on microblogging website they would offer environmental officials as much as 300,000 yuan if they swam in polluted rivers. Shaoxing mayor Qian Jianmin’s pledge to swim in the city’s moat appears to be the first firm response to the challenge.

Due to an editing error, a picture caption on B1 yesterday, 'Zhejiang road project stalls', misreported the delay affecting Zhejiang Expressway's Jiaxing-Shaoxing project. As reported in the related story on B3, 'Economic curbs hit Zhejiang Expressway', the project's construction start has been delayed from the end of this year to next year.

Despite Beijing's efforts to slow a runaway economy, growth is proving tough to rein in. One idea was to put a stop to unnecessary construction and choke off bank lending in the hope of cooling what smells like a bubble in the making.

THE WRITER Lu Xun, often called the father of modern Chinese literature, made his mark with his first story, Diary of a Madman, more than 80 years ago. It is a tale of a man convinced he is surrounded by cannibals but its point is that society is mad - and often destructive. If Lu Xun were around today, he might see some reassuring signs of madness as well.

When Japan's Fukui Chamber of Commerce and Industry wanted to set up an industrial park in Zhejiang province, it opted for Shaoxing Economic and Technological Zone after more than a year of hard work examining other zones in Hangzhou and neighbouring cities Xiaoshan and Ningbo.

Zhejiang Shaoxing Silk Printing Mill has been trimming production over the past few years.

Being smaller has done no harm to the silk dyeing factory - one of two highly-regarded industrial models in Zhejiang province. The other is Zhenhai Refining & Chemical Co, in Ningbo, which lists H shares in Hong Kong.